Sunday, 20 April 2014

Movie/TV Series Review

You have a two to four hundred word review to present on Thursday, 4/24, Friday, 4/25 (you can choose either!).  You must choose an English-language movie, or TV-series, that was released in Japan during this school year.  You may review anything that your parents allowed you to watch, even if it is rated for adults; however, you may not show any content unsuitable for twelve year old students.  For every swear word you will lose 5-10%; the same for violence to a person; nudity will be an automatic failure.
Your job is to tell us what you think about what you watched, both the good and the bad.  Have a clear opinion whether it is good or not.  Avoid writing: "I think...", "In my opinion..."

Organization
- be sure both your introduction and conclusion state the movie/TV-series and your opinion clearly
- be sure the supporting paragraphs support these
- email me an attachment of the text

Audio-Visual Component
- is optional, but having short video clips from the movie will help your mark: no more than two minutes in total
- you may video your entire presentation, or do your own speaking in front of the class

Here are the details:
- 200 to 400 words
- Times New Roman 12, black, double or 1.5 spaced
- no paper or notes in your hand while you read, if you do in person

Standard Essay Format:

A simpler version

You may have one partner, or none.  If you have a partner you must write double: four hundred to eight hundred words.  You will get the same mark, no matter how well or poorly your partner did.  You may not double the time limit of movie clips: it remains no more than two minutes in total.

Here is an example: 'Grave of the Fireflies', the most depressing children's movie... ever.

Check ratings at websites.  For example, 'Despicable Me 2' gets mediocre scores at IMDb, Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes.  One of my favorites, 'Seven Samurai' (七人の侍) gets above ninety percent.  Do you think KS or your teacher chose a better film to like... ?

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